Reply #17: The whole Nicaraguan thing?

[RaleighNCDUer]

Now I understand. You actually believe all the propaganda put out in the Reagan years. About Afghanistan. Nicaragua - I suppose you approved of the invasion of Grenada, too.

Samoza was a brutal dictator who was replaced, as RW dictators usually are, by a democratic/socialist/communist coalition government. We have no idea how that would have turned out because Reagan declared an undeclared war on Nicaragua as soon as it happened.

We were absolutely right to allow Samoza to fall. If we had actually supported the democratic forces that helped his ouster we could have actually retained a bit of influence there. It was Reagan that fucked that up, along with CIA/VP Bush.

"...is it really a peace..." If they are not shooting at each other, YES. What other criteria is there?